News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ahead of International Human Rights Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina focuses attention on rights situation of marginalized groups
Publishing date: 7 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in co-operation with the University of Banjaluka’s Faculty of Political Science, on 6 December 2016 organized a conference in Banjaluka highlighting the problems facing the country’s marginalized communities...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports children’s theatre performance to mark International Day of Human Rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2016
BISHKEK, 6 December 2016 – On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, supported the production of a theatre play, I Have a Right! for children from social care homes in the Bishkek and Chui provinces...
European human rights officials voice serious concerns over changes to Polish laws on freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 5 December 2016
WARSAW / STRASBOURG, 5 December 2016 – European human rights officials today expressed serious concern over legal amendments passed last week in the Polish Sejm that could undermine the right to freedom of assembly if they become law...
Stronger responses to sexual and gender-based violence in focus at OSCE/ODIHR training course for Ukrainian police educators and officers
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
Effective responses to sexual and gender-based violence was the topic of a train-the-trainers course in Odessa that brought together police educators and officers from all over Ukraine on 1 and 2 December 2016.
Condemning recent execution in Belarus, ODIHR Director repeats call for immediate moratorium on death penalty
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
WARSAW, 2 December 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the execution in Belarus of Siarhei Khmialeuski and repeated his past calls for the authorities to introduce an immediate moratorium on executions...
Health services and medical insurance discussed at OSCE Mission to Moldova’s fourth Human Rights Club
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized its fourth and final event in a year-long series of Human Rights Clubs for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, on 25 November 2016, in Chisinau. The event brought together 46 participants, who discussed ways to better assist clients in accessing health services and medical insurance...
Expert meeting on strengthening independence of national human rights institutions in OSCE region concludes in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
More than 30 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), international organizations and academia took part in an expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2016.